1. According to Gerald Graff and Kathy Birkenstein , the model of “entering the conversation” benefits us in academic writing and critical thinking because listening to others we can be able to look at things from another point of view and expressing our own ideas.

2. Even though some people state that art doesn’t matter in the real world, I agree with the video that looking at artwork helps us analyze other situations and the reason is that, when our eyes trained to look at something we can provide a more detailed information and also increase our communication and problem-solving skills.